I can't see my background image in the 3D view
#Background images will only be displayed in:



Camera Prespective view (Numpad 0)




Any of the preset Orthographic views:



Front/Back (Numpad 1 or Crl Numpad 1)


Right /Left (Numpad 3 or Crl Numpad 3)


Top/Bottom (Numpad 7 or Crl Numpad 7)

You're in perspective mode instead of orthographic mode  (see the upper left hand corner, it has the abbreviation &quot;persp&quot;). Toggle into orthographic view by pressing numpad 5.
Also, the view information at the top left shows you are in right view, and the background image settings at bottom right show that the image is set to appear only in left view. For that, hit CTRLnumpad 3 to go to left view or change the background image axis to Right to make the background image appear in right view.
The image used must be in a format that Blender supports. For example, a .gif file will not be displayed.